The following is an incomplete list of sports stadiums in Africa. They are in order by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate. Most large stadiums in Africa are used for football (soccer), with some also used for athletics and rugby union. Currently all African stadiums with a capacity of 25,000 or more are included. Soccer City in Johannesburg is currently the largest stadium in Africa since its capacity was increased to 94,700 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This event, which took place in June–July, was the first time an African country has hosted the World Cup. The Olympic Games have never been staged in Africa.
At a construction cost of $600 million, the Cape Town Stadium, located in the legislative capital of South Africa is the most expensive stadium in Africa. The stadium, which is often referred to as the “Green Point Stadium” because it sits on the piece land that previously housed the Green Point stadium, was constructed by an indigenous company, Murray & Roberts Construction Company.
Current stadiums
Capacity of 25,000 or more
Algeria below 25,000 capacity
Angola below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Estádio Nacional da Tundavala | Lubango | 20,000 | N/A |
2 | Estádio Nacional do Chiazi | Cabinda | 20,000 | N/A |
3 | Campo Mário Santiago | Luanda | 18,000 | Progresso do Sambizanga |
4 | Estádio do Santos | Viana | 17,000 | Santos Futebol Clube |
5 | Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla | Lubango | 15,000 | Desportivo da Huíla |
6 | Estádio 4 de Janeiro | Uíge | 12,000 | ASK Dragão, Santa Rita de Cássia |
7 | Estádio dos Coqueiros | Luanda | 12,000 | Kabuscorp |
8 | Estádio Nossa Senhora do Monte | Lubango | 12,000 | Clube Desportivo da Huila |
9 | Estádio dos Kurikutelas | Huambo | 10,000 | Ferroviário do Huambo, J.G.M. |
10 | Estádio Joaquim Dinis | Luanda | 10,000 | Atlético Sport Aviação |
Angola below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums
Rank | Arena | Date built | Capacity | Tenant/use |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda | 2013 | 12,750 |
Benin below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade de l'Amitié | Cotonou | 20,000 |
2 | Stade Charles de Gaulle | Porto-Novo | 15,000 |
3 | Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa | Cotonou | 15,000 |
Botswana below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City | District | Home team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Lobatse Stadium | 20,000 | Lobatse | South-East | Extension Gunners |
2 | Maun Stadium | 10,000 | Maun | North-West | Sankoyo Bush Bucks |
Burkina Faso below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade Wobi Bobo-Dioulasso | 10,000 | Bobo-Dioulasso |
Burundi below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade Ingoma | 20,000 | Gitega |
2 | Intwari Stadium | 10,000 | Bujumbura |
Cape Verde below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde | 15,000 | Praia |
Cameroon below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City | Tenants |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Limbe Stadium | 20,000 | Limbé | Victoria United |
2 | Kouekong Stadium | 20,000 | Bafoussam | |
3 | Molyko Omnisport Stadium | 15,000 | Buea | Mount Cameroon FC |
4 | Stade de Mbouda | 12,000 | Mbouda | Bamboutos FC |
5 | Municipal de Bamenda | 10,000 | Bamenda | PWD de Bamenda |
6 | Municipal de Kumbo | 10,000 | Kumbo | Kumbo Strikers |
Chad below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya | N'Djamena | 20,000 |
Comoros below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade omnisports de Malouzini | Iconi | 14,053 |
Congo below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade de Ouesso | Ouesso | 16,000 |
2 | Stade municipal | Pointe-Noire | 13,000 |
3 | Stade omnisport Marien Ngouabi d’Owando | Owando | 13,000 |
Côte d'Ivoire below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium | Korhogo | 20,000 | Ivory Coast national football team |
2 | Laurent Pokou Stadium | San Pédro | 20,000 | Séwé FC |
3 | Charles Konan Banny Stadium | Yamoussoukro | 20,000 | Société Omnisports de l'Armée |
Djibouti below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium | 20,000 | Djibouti City |
DR Congo below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade Cardinal Malula | Kinshasa | 24,000 | AS Dragons |
2 | Stade Joseph Kabila | Kindu | 22,000 | AS Maniema Union |
3 | Stade de la Kenya | Lubumbashi | 20,000 | FC Saint Eloi Lupopo |
4 | Stade TP Mazembe | Lubumbashi | 18,500 | TP Mazembe, CS Don Bosco |
5 | Stade Joseph Kabila | Kalemie | 15,000 | FC Tanganyika, FC Etoile Jaune |
6 | Stade de la Concorde | Bukavu | 10,000 | OC Muungano |
7 | Stade des Jeunes | Kananga | 10,000 | US Tshinkunku, AS Saint-Luc |
Egypt below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City | Home Team | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ismailia Stadium | 23,525 | Ismailia | Ismaily SC | 1934 |
2 | Haras el-Hodood Stadium | 22,000 | Alexandria | Haras el-Hodood & El-Raja | |
3 | Port Said Stadium | 22,000 | Port Said | Al-Masry Club | 1955 |
4 | Suez Canal Stadium | 22,000 | Ismailia | 2022 | |
5 | Fayoum Stadium | 20,000 | Fayoum | Misr | |
6 | Sohag Stadium | 20,000 | Sohag | Sohag FC & El-Gouna FC | 1930 |
7 | El-Mansoura Stadium | 18,000 | El-Mansoura | El-Mansoura SC | 1962 |
8 | Aluminium Stadium | 16,000 | Nag Hammadi | Aluminium Nag Hammâdi | |
9 | Izz al-Din Yacoub Stadium | 15,000 | Alexandria | ||
10 | Alexandria Stadium | 13,660 | Alexandria | Al Ittihad & Smouha | 1929 |
11 | Asiut University Stadium | 12,000 | Asyut | Asyut Petroleum | |
12 | Aswan Stadium | 11,000 | Aswan | Aswan SC | 2014 |
13 | Bani Sweif Stadium | 10,000 | Bani Sweif | Telephonat Bani Sweif | |
14 | Desouk Stadium | 10,000 | Desouk | Desouk SC | 1 January 1976 |
15 | El-Gouna Stadium | 10,000 | El-Gouna | El-Gouna FC | 2009 |
16 | Arba’een Sporting Stadium | 10,000 | Asyut |
Egypt below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums
Rank | Arena | Date built | Capacity | Tenant/use |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Covered Hall | 1991 | 20,000 |
Equatorial Guinea below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Location | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Estadio de Malabo | Malabo | 15,250 |
2 | Estadio de Mongomo | Mongomo | 10,000 |
Eswatini below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Somhlolo National Stadium | 20,000 | Lobamba |
Ethiopia below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dire Dawa Stadium | Dire Dawa | 18,000 | Dire Dawa City |
2 | Wonji Stadium | Wenji | 14,000 | Muger Cement, Wonji Sugar |
3 | Harrar Bira Stadium | Harar | 10,000 | Harrar Beer Bottling F.C. |
Gabon below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City | Sport |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade de Franceville | 22,000 | Franceville | Association football |
2 | Stade d'Oyem | 20,500 | Oyem | Association football |
3 | Stade de Port-Gentil | 20,000 | Port-Gentil | Association football |
Ghana below 25,000 capacity
Guinea-Bissau below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Estádio 24 de Setembro | Bissau | 15,000 |
Kenya below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
1 | William Ole Ntimama Stadium | Narok | 20,000 |
2 | Kinoru Stadium | Meru | 15,000 |
3 | Nyayo National Stadium | Nairobi | 15,000 |
Lesotho below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Setsoto Stadium | 13,900 | Maseru |
Liberia below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex | 22,000 | Paynesville |
Libya below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Martyrs of February Stadium | 10,550 | Benghazi |
Madagascar below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade CNaPS Sport | Toamasina | 15,000 |
Malawi below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Silver Stadium | 20,000 | Lilongwe |
Mali below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade Omnisports | Sikasso | 20,000 | Stade Malien de Sikasso |
Mauritania below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade olympique | 20,000 | Nouakchott |
2 | Stade municipal de Nouadhibou | 10,000 | Nouadhibou |
Morocco below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Opened | City | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade Larbi Benbarek | 20,000 | 1920 | Casablanca | Wydad Athletic Club |
2 | Stade d'Honneur | 19,000 | 1977 | Oujda | MC Oujda |
3 | Stade du FUS | 15,000 | 1923 | Rabat | FUS of RabatMorocco women's national football team |
4 | Stade Mimoun al-Arsi | 12,000 | 1950 | Al-Hoceima | Chabab Rif Al-Hoceima Raja Al-Hoceima |
5 | Stade d'honneur | 12,000 | Beni Mellal | Raja Beni Mellal | |
6 | Stade Colonel Abdelkader Allam | 12,000 | Sidi Kacem | Union Sidi Kacem | |
7 | Stade Municipal | 10,300 | Fquih Ben Salah | Union Fkih Bensaleh |
Mozambique below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Estádio do Maxaquene | 15,000 | Maputo |
2 | Estádio do Costa do Sol | 10,000 | Maputo |
Niger below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade municipal | 10,000 | Niamey |
2 | Stade municipal Lawandidi | 10,000 | Zinder |
Nigeria below 25,000 capacity
Rwanda below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kigali Stadium | 22,000 | Kigali |
2 | Stade Huye | 10,000 | Butare |
Rwanda below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums
Rank | Arena | Date built | Capacity | Tenant/use |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kigali Arena | 2019 | 10,000 |
Senegal below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | National Wrestling Arena | Pikine | 20,000 | |
2 | Stade Demba Diop | Dakar | 15,000 | ASC Jeanne d'Arc, Djaraf, AS Douanes, US Gorée, ASC Niarry Tally, US Ouakam |
3 | Stade Alboury Niaye | Louga | 15,000 | ASEC Ndjambour |
4 | Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta | Ziguinchor | 10,000 | Casa Sports |
5 | Stade Municipal de Richard Toll | Richard-Toll | 10,000 | AS Sucrière de La Réunion |
Senegal below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums
Rank | Arena | Date built | Capacity | Tenant/use |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dakar Arena | 2018 | 15,000 | Senegal men's national basketball team and Senegal women's national basketball team |
Seychelles below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stad Linite | 10,000 | Victoria |
Somalia below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Banadir Stadium | 20,000 | Mogadishu |
2 | Horseed Stadium | 10,000 | Horseed |
South Africa below 25,000 capacity
South Africa below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums
Rank | Location | Arena | Date built | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johannesburg | Ticketpro Dome[15] | 1998 | 20,000 |
2 | Pretoria | Sun Arena Time Square | 2017 | 10,000 |
3 | Durban | ICC Durban Arena[16] | 1997 | 10,000 |
Sudan below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Khartoum Stadium | Khartoum | 23,000 | Khartoum NC |
2 | Port Sudan Stadium | Port Sudan | 20,000 | Hay al-Arab, Hilal al-Sahil |
3 | Wad Madani Stadium | Wad Madani | 15,000 | Al-Ittihad SC |
4 | Atbara Stadium | Atbara | 15,000 | Al-Amal SC |
5 | Al-Merghani Kassala Stadium | Kassala | 11,000 |
Tanzania below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jamhuri Stadium Morogoro | Morogoro | 20,000 | Moro United |
2 | Uhuru Stadium | Dar es-Salaam | 23,000 | Young Africans SC, Simba SC, JKT Ruvu Stars, Ruvu Shooting |
3 | Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium | Arusha | 20,000 | Arusha FC, JKT Oljoro FC |
4 | Lake Tanganyika Stadium | Kigoma | 20,000 | Reli FC |
5 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi Stadium | Tabora | 20,000 | Rhino Rangers |
6 | Sokoine Stadium | Mbeya | 20,000 | Prisons FC, Mbeya City |
7 | Amaan Stadium | Unguja | 15,000 | Unguja KMKM FC, Miembeni SC, Mlandege SC |
8 | Mkwakwani Stadium | Tanga | 15,000 | Coastal Union, African Sports, JKT Mgambo |
9 | Chamazi Stadium | Dar es-Salaam | 10,000 | Azam FC |
Togo below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade omnisport de Lomé | 20,000 | Lomé |
2 | Stade Général Eyadema | 15,000 | Lomé |
3 | Stade Municipal | 10,000 | Kara |
4 | Stade Municipal | 10,000 | Kpalimé |
5 | Stade Municipal | 10,000 | Sokodé |
Tunisia below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Opened | City | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | 22,000 | 1938 (Renovated in 2004) | Sfax, Sfax | CS Sfaxien |
2 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet | 20,000 | 1958 (Renovated in 2003) | Monastir, Monastir | US Monastir |
3 | Stade 15 Octobre[17] | 20,000 | 1990 (Renovate in 2004) | Bizerte, Bizerte | CA Bizertin |
4 | Stade Chedly Zouiten | 18,000 | 1942 (Renovated in 2009, 2012) | Tunis, Tunis | Stade Tunisien |
5 | Stade Hédi Enneifer | 10,000 | Unknown | Tunis, Tunis | Stade Tunisien |
6 | Stade Municipal de Gabès | 10,000 | Unknown | Gabès, Gabès | Stade Gabèsien AS Gabès |
7 | Stade du 7 Mars | 10,000 | 2000 | Ben Gardane, Medenine | US Ben Guerdane |
Tunisia below 25,000 capacity indoor stadiums
Rank | Arena | Date built | Capacity | Tenant/use |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Salle Omnisport de Radès | 2005 | 17,000 |
Uganda above 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Date built | Capacity | Tenant/use |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Mary's Stadium | 2017 | 15,000 | Vipers SC |
Zambia below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | City | Capacity | Home Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nchanga Stadium | Chingola | 20,000 | Nchanga Rangers |
2 | Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium | Ndola | 18,000 | Ndola United FC |
3 | Woodlands Stadium | Lusaka | 15,000 | City of Lusaka FC |
4 | Garden Park | Kitwe | 10,000 | Kitwe United Football Club |
5 | Railways Stadium | Kabwe | 10,000 | Kabwe Warriors |
6 | Nkana Stadium | Kitwe | 10,000 | Nkana FC |
Zimbabwe below 25,000 capacity
Rank | Stadium | Capacity | City | Sport |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mandava Stadium | 15,000 | Zvishavane | Association football |
2 | Harare Sports Club Ground | 10,000 | Harare | Cricket |
See also
Lists of stadiums by continent
Lists of stadiums worldwide
- List of association football stadiums by capacity
- List of association football stadiums by country
- List of athletics stadiums
- List of baseball stadiums by capacity
- List of basketball arenas
- List of bullrings by capacity
- List of closed stadiums by capacity
- List of covered stadiums by capacity
- List of cricket grounds by capacity
- List of future stadiums
- List of indoor arenas
- List of indoor arenas by capacity
- List of rugby league stadiums by capacity
- List of rugby union stadiums by capacity
- List of sporting venues with a highest attendance of 100,000 or more
- List of sports venues by capacity
- List of stadiums by capacity
- List of tennis stadiums by capacity
Lists of stadiums by African country
- List of football stadiums in Algeria
- List of football stadiums in Angola
- List of football stadiums in Benin
- List of football stadiums in Botswana
- List of football stadiums in Burkina Faso
- List of football stadiums in Burundi
- List of football stadiums in Cameroon
- List of football stadiums in Cape Verde
- List of football stadiums in Chad
- List of football stadiums in the Comoros
- List of football stadiums in the Congo
- List of football stadiums in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- List of football stadiums in Djibouti
- List of football stadiums in Egypt
- List of football stadiums in Equatorial Guinea
- List of football stadiums in Eswatini
- List of football stadiums in Ethiopia
- List of football stadiums in Gabon
- List of football stadiums in Ghana
- List of football stadiums in Guinea-Bissau
- List of football stadiums in Ivory Coast
- List of football stadiums in Kenya
- List of football stadiums in Lesotho
- List of football stadiums in Liberia
- List of football stadiums in Libya
- List of football stadiums in Madagascar
- List of football stadiums in Malawi
- List of football stadiums in Mali
- List of football stadiums in Mauritania
- List of football stadiums in Morocco
- List of football stadiums in Mozambique
- List of football stadiums in Niger
- List of stadiums in Nigeria
- List of football stadiums in Rwanda
- List of football stadiums in Senegal
- List of football stadiums in Seychelles
- List of football stadiums in Somalia
- List of indoor arenas in South Africa
- List of stadiums in South Africa
- List of football stadiums in South Sudan
- List of football stadiums in Sudan
- List of football stadiums in Tanzania
- List of football stadiums in Togo
- List of football stadiums in Tunisia
- List of indoor arenas in Tunisia
- List of football stadiums in Uganda
- List of football stadiums in Zambia
- List of football stadiums in Zimbabwe
Other
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